Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2013

More than 4,500 electric vehicle sales have been supported by the Government’s Plug-in Car Grants (PiCG), since the scheme was first introduced in 2011. With grants worth 25 per cent[.]. Electric cars' As of June 30, 2013, 4,553 claims have been made through the PiCG scheme, showing a steady increase in take-up.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2011

The plug-in car grants are getting off to a slow start, according to The Guardian. Just 534 electric cars have so far been registered under the scheme in the first quarter of 2011. The grants, which award electric car buyers up to [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Just 910 cars have been registered under the government’s Plug-in Car Grant scheme since it launched in January. The latest figures from the Department for Transport show that in the nine months until the end of September 2011, 786 claims have been put through for the Plug-in Car Grants (PICG), worth up to £5,000 each [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

Envia Systems was selected for a $4-million grant from ARPA-E in the Agency’s first round of solicitation in 2009 ( earlier post ) and received another $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC). (GM 12/938,638; Publication number: US 2011/0104551 A1; Filing date: 03 Nov 2010. 13/100,579, filed on 04 May 2011.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 1, 2011

From today (January 1, 2011), UK electric car buyers can benefit from a grant worth up to £5,000 towards the cost of their purchase. The New Year is set for an electrifying start as the Government’s ‘Plug-in Car Grant’ scheme goes live, which awards motorists with a grant worth 25 per cent of the cost [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Here’s a selection of industry comments following the news of the ‘up to £5000’ grant for purchasing a qualifying electric car from January 2011 announced today by the Government. Tags: Electric cars electric car electric car grant subsidy. We are now reliant on the carmakers [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The Government has announced the eligibility criteria for the forthcoming Plug-in Car Grants which award car buyers with up to £5,000 off the price of a new low carbon vehicle. Set to become available in January 2011, the scheme will give motorists an incentive of 25 per cent of the value of a low carbon [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Tuesday 13 November, 2011. The Green Piece Column. For a time an LPG (also known as Autogas) was a buzz word with motorists. Boosted by incentives to fit a conversion, LPG gained popularity in the public and private sector alike, with promises that you could nearly half your fuel costs with very little effort. Now [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Motorists will be offered grants up to £5,000 towards the cost of a new ‘ultra-low carbon car’, the Government has confirmed. Set to be introduced in January 2011, the new grants will eligible against the purchase of a new range of plug-in hybrid and electric cars.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The UK’s Plug-in Car Grants (PiCG) had their best quarter ever from July through to September, this year with 1,149 new electric cars registered with the support of the £5,000 incentives. Since January 2011, motorists buying a qualifying ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV) have been eligible for a [.]. Electric cars'

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The Government has admitted that electric car sales in the UK are likely to fall short of projections by 2015, as new figures reveal that just 6,709 claims for its Plug-in Car Grant have been made since the scheme launched in January 2011 until the end of last year. Electric cars'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Back in 2011, Nissan began UK sales of its first all-electric car, the LEAF hatchback. Costing a cool £25,000 after a £5,000 government grant, the original LEAF - only available in one trim level - came with a high dose of high-tech alongside its muesli-munching, Japanese-made, tree-loving credentia[.]. Nissan Weekly Column'

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2011

Only 215 electric cars were bought through the Government’s Plug-in Car Grants over the last three months, the latest figures show. The sales performance of EVs during the second quarter of 2011 was less than half of that achieved in the first quarter, when a number of electric cars sold through the grants came to [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California’s request to carry out its own clean car standards not only clears the way for the Schwarzenegger-led state to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions, but it is likely to effect at least 13 additional states too.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 24, 2011

A renewable diesel program will be launched by the Government of Saskatchewan as part of its 2011-2012 Budget. The $26million program, spread over five years, begins on April 1, 2011, with a two per cent renewable diesel mandate to begin on July 1, 2012. The program will offer a 13 cent per litre grant to [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2011

On March 4, 2011, RK Grant, SJ Appell and AC O’Keefe of Zolfo Cooper were appointed [.]. Electric vehicles may be on the verge of widespread commercial success, but that hasn’t stopped one high profile electric vehicle maker from falling by the wayside.

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Green Cars News

MAY 29, 2009

The poll results should be welcome news for the Department for Transport which last month announced an incentive scheme that would see grants of up to £5,000 being offered to purchasers of electric powered cars from 2011. “Ministers’ thinking on green technology is all over the place. .

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

At the moment Ford has four full hybrids on the market and will increase its use of hybrid technology going forward with plans to introduce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles during the mid-term 2011-2020 period.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Following today’s announcement that the UK Government is to introduce a grant of up to £5000 for the purchase of a qualifying electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid vehicle beginning in 2011 TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has dug a little deeper to find out what type of cars could well qualify under the terms of the scheme.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 23, 2010

Mitsubishi has set a price for its innovative electric car so that customers ordering from January 1st 2011 can apply for the £5,000 off through the Government’s Plug-in Car Grants set to be introduced in the New Year. The car should [.]. Tags: Mitsubishi car cost electric i miev price.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 17, 2011

The Energy Saving Trust is offering free ‘Smarter Driving’ training for drivers purchasing electric vehicles before the end of May 2011.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Unfortunately for the current generation of electric vehicles, many will not be eligible for the grants, the government’s scheme is likely to assist the sales of the next generation of electric cars and hybrids (such as the plug-in hybrids) which by the government’s own confession are not expected to hit the UK roads until 2011.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

This will send a stronger signal to the buyer about the environmental implications of their car purchase and will only apply to new cars, not second-hand cars. Company Car Tax. 16. * +3% for diesel cars. Models anticipated for 2011 include a plug-in Toyota Prius and Vauxhall Ampera. Greening the Grid.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

While over 70 per cent of commuters in England’s six largest urban areas outside London still travel to work by car. Recession bail outs, falling tax receipts and budget deficits mean that, after the next general election, cities cannot rely so heavily on central grants to improve their transport networks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

The contract is also a milestone in NS’ quest for a battery/hybrid locomotive, which reaches back a number of years to the Green Goat effort. That last feature—the ability to self-regulate in large-string configurations—is especially valuable in the NS-999 application, Granville told Green Car Congress. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion Beam time is granted to researchers via the general user program. Schematic of the SNS. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2009

The Government is working with Nissan on supporting this investment by offering grants and loan guarantees, including support through the Automotive Assistance Programme. “Sunderland could now be a strong contender to produce electric vehicles for Nissan in Europe, and we will continue to work with Nissan to ensure this happens.”.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

Last week the UK Government announced a purchase subsidy of up to £5,000 for every electric car available from 2011. The subsidy is set to come into place in 2011, as the Government believe this is when eligible plug-in hybrids and long range electric cars will become mass-marketed.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Recently many international agreements have been signed which set world-wide goals to curb green-house emissions. Volt Has Most Electric Miles, Data Shows Green Car Reports 20 May 2015. [ Platzer, Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn Publisher University Readers, 2011 ISBN 1609274687, 9781609274689. [ 16 ] Watson, Grant and Andrew A.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 will be available toordinary motorists to encourage them to buy electric or otherultra-low-carbon cars. Car buyers were less enthusiastic. The grants will not be available until 2011 and the detail of how they will beallocated and which cars will qualify has still to be worked out.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The program backs automotive companies that offer both green energy initiatives, such as increased fuel efficiency, and new auto industry jobs in the United States. Fisker’s loan was granted so the company could build an environmentally friendly luxury car called Karma in Finland and later a second vehicle named Atlantic in the United States.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

We should be concentrating on eliminating the hoggiest of the hogs by hybridizing them or reducing their acceleration which BY ITSELF reduces consumption since it leads drivers to unlearn stop and go driving, instead timing arrival at lights to when they are green. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place?

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